Dear Grant Black,
Thank you for your comment. What I mean is every design is business rule
first. If we can select between Modal and Non Modal, absolutely Modal is
number one choice.
Best Regards
Leigh Wanstead
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From: Grant Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 11:47 AM
Subject: RE: [DUG]: Show/ShowModal
> > Change form from Modal to non Modal briefly is based on business
> > rule, but for technical issues, the best is to use Modal, if you use
> > non Modal, you can not control what is on, like for Database TQuery
> > closed or not, by the way, every form showed will allocate memory, of
> > course for today's computer this should not be an issue. But control
> > TQuery is very important.
>
> I am not sure want you mean by 'technical issues, best to use Modal' -
> certainly doing everything via modal dialogs is easier to program as you
are
> controlling state. Simply being easier to program is no excuse for forcing
> the user to jump through hoops, as you should be able to control a query
> without having to use Modal forms.
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